Yang Jung-Mo (; born January 22, 1953) is a retired South Korean Olympic freestyle wrestler and the first Olympic champion from South Korea. He was born in Busan, South Korea. He received a gold medal in the featherweight division of wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.
Olympic results
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1976 (as a men's freestyle 62 kg)
- Defeated Egon Beiler (CAN), won by points (18-7), penalty points - 0,5.
- Defeated Helmut Strumpf (GDR), won by fall, penalty points - 0.
- Defeated Vehbi AkdaÃÂ (TUR), won by points (17-6), penalty points - 0,5.
- Defeated Eduard Giray (FRG), won by technical superiority, penalty points - 0.
- Defeated Gene Davis (USA), won by fall, penalty points - 0.
- Lost to the World champion Zevegiin Oidov (MGL), lost by points (8-10), penalty points - 3. Total penalty points - 4.
He won gold medal according to special criteria for determining the winner:
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